Missed opportunities for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in Latin America and the Caribbean: The NISDI perinatal study

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 649-653

  D'Ippolito, Marcos ^a   Read, Jennifer S ^b   Korelitz, James ^c   João, Esau Custódio ^a   Mussi Pinhata, Marisa ^d   Rocha, Neiva ^e  

^a HOSPITAL DOS SERVIDORES DO ESTADO   (Brazil)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Ambulatorio Municipal de DST/AIDS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Mother to child transmission; Prevention

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CARIBBEAN REGION; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATIN AMERICA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34347358660     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3180618bd6     Document Type: Article

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